carstenpedersen wrote:The game notes are from the BCM report which was written by the previous poster............
My apologies to Leonard, who co-authored with Bill Hartston and Raymond Keene one of the great early books in Batsford's
Contemporary Chess Openings Series. I refer, of course, to
The Kings Indian Defence. Leonard wrote the chapters on the Saemisch, as well as the Orthodox and other lines. At that time 9.000 had not been played and was not given. I shall substantiate my assertion about the adequacy of this move by appealing to Holy Writ; Chessbase, after the half moves 10.h4 h5, gives:
"3. Statistics
Black scores badly (30%).
Black performs Elo 2290 against an opposition of Elo 2437 (-147).
White performs Elo 2544 against an opposition of Elo 2397 (+147).
White wins: 9 (=60%), Draws: 3 (=20%), Black wins: 3 (=20%)
The drawing quote is low. (7% quick draws, < 20 Moves)
"White wins are shorter than average (37).
Black wins are shorter than average (34).
Draws are of average length (42)."
The Westerinen System fell out of fashion a long time ago, however, readers may like the following game:
[Event "FRG-ch int"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Keene, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Rb8 8. h4 h5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qe1 b5 12. e5 Nd7 13. g4 dxe5 14. gxh5 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. cxb5 Nf8 21.h5 Qxf3 22. Rf2 Qg4 23. Ne4 1-0
carstenpedersen wrote:The other winners against Romanishin were Nick Benjamin, Julian, Simon Knott & Ian Whittaker and he also conceded 8 draws out of 30 games.
"Julian" being Julian Hodgson, as most readers will be aware.
Many thanks for these memories. I have felt tempted to call on
Saint Mungos Hostel, but have resisted. It might be misconceived as wallowing in the private miseries of the homeless.